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Newly Public Jive Beats the Street

Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 7 at 5:06 pm PT

Jive’s first quarter as a public company comes out pretty good.

Fusion-io Shares Whacked, but the Flash Madness Club Has a New Member

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 24 at 4:37 pm PT

Fusion-io investors freak out over tighter margins. But never mind that. Fusion has a new customer: Salesforce.com

eBay Is the Most Recent Bay Area Transplant to Seek Access to Seattle’s Talent Pool

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 12 at 6:00 am PT

The e-commerce giant has joined a growing list of companies willing to brave the rain in order to gain access to a deep pool of technology engineers in Seattle.

Microsoft: The $71 Billion Cloud Underdog

Nick Mehta, CEO, LiveOffice in Voices on December 20, 2011 at 12:31 pm PT

If I say “cloud computing,” what companies come to mind? Amazon’s Web Services? Google’s cloud-based collaboration tools, Google Apps? How about Microsoft?

Plum District Scores $20 Million and Buys Two Companies for Mom-Focused Daily Deals Site

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 8, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Plum District, which relies on a salesforce of moms who acquire local discounts targeted at other mothers, has raised $20 million in venture capital and acquired two companies.

Marc Benioff Brings His Social Cloud Message to New York

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 30, 2011 at 4:58 am PT

The Salesforce.com CEO will give a keynote speech in New York later this morning. Expect him to revisit his favorite subject, the social enterprise, and a new one, the social marketing cloud.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff to Investors: “Trust Me” (Video)

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 18, 2011 at 5:58 am PT

In the wake of earnings results that missed the expectations of analysts, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff took to the airwaves again to defend his company’s strategy.

Salesforce Is Growing, But Slower Than Analysts Thought It Would

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 17, 2011 at 3:54 pm PT

Salesforce is growing, but not fast enough for the expectations of Wall Street analysts. Its shares are getting whacked.

A Bad Day for the Salesforce Kool-Aid (Video)

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on October 26, 2011 at 2:35 pm PT

Hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson questions Saleforce.com’s valuation, and the shares promptly fall.

News Byte

Salesforce Pays $50M for Assistly Customer Service Platform

Liz Gannes in News on September 21, 2011 at 2:01 pm PT

Salesforce said today it has acquired the customer service platform Assistly for $50 million in cash. Assistly helps companies manage customer service through various channels like Facebook, Twitter, chat, email and phone, and is a competitor to Zendesk. That marks the third (and biggest) acquisition in one day for Assistly investor True Ventures: WeGame was bought by Tagged and VodPod assets were bought by Lockerz.

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